Myuran Sukumaran gave out chocolates to cheer up family

Myuran Sukumaran refused to wear a blindfold in front of the firing squad

THE cousin of one of the two Australian men executed in Indonesia has told how the inmate distributed chocolate to his fellow convicts and tried to comfort his mother before they faced the firing squad.

Dharminie Mani was one of the relatives allowed to visit Myuran Sukumaran yesterday at Besi prison on the feared Nusakambangan "execution island".

Chan still carried a "just married" smile from the day before, when he married fiancée Febyanti Herewila in prison as his last wish.

"I saw smiles so wide and humbling on the faces of other prisoners when Myu tasked me with the job of handing out his chocolates and nut bars that he 'no longer needed'," Ms Mani wrote.

"Myu spent both today and yesterday trying to take care of other people. Trying to organise everything so that others would be taken care of.

"That's Myu through and through."

She told her cousin that God had "etched eternity" on his and Chan's heart.

"That's quite literally the only thing I can be sure of during all of this chaos," she added.

During their decade in prison, the pair organised painting, cookery and computer classes, as well as helping the poorest inmates get food, clothing and essentials.

Sukumaran's striking oil paintings became well-known, earning an exhibition in London to mark his 34th birthday earlier this year.

One of his last works was a bleeding heart, signed on the back by all eight people waiting to die.

One of the final works by Myuran Sukumaran ahead of his execution. It was signed by all those who were to be executed with him.

Chan converted to Christianity during his decade in jail and was subsequently ordained, running services at a prison chapel and led prayers in the lead-up to his death.

Their families lit candles as they watched the procession of cars taking them to the execution site last night, the Sydney Morning Herald reported, adding many became hysterical when gunshots rang out a short time later.

"The good thing is all prisoners were executed together while praying and singing. Before that they hugged each other, saying goodbye," Christina Widiantarti, a lawyer for the Brazilian convict said after witnessing the execution.

Sukumaran and Chan were convicted in 2006 as part of the "Bali Nine" drug smuggling gang who were arrested on the island for trying to smuggle 8kg of heroin to Australia.